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Humanitarian Action Leadership Professional Training

Short-Term Courses for Busy Professionals

TheEMUHumanitarian Action Leadership program aims to assist organizations in professional
training of their staff. These short-term courses are available through online delivery
(typically six modules offered over 12 weeks) or in a face-to-face intensive classroom
format (3-7 days). The curriculum is flexible and can be tailored to meet your organization’s
needs. The cost is negotiable depending on the organization, length of course and
number of students. Minimum course size is eight students.

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HALProfessional Training Options

Organizations are invited to suggest or request trainings that are pertinent to particular
grant requirements or agency needs.

LeadershipThis course is designed for those who lead or are preparing to lead teams of persons.
The course provides a theoretical framework centering on the diverse aspects of leadership
with special emphasis on Servant and Transformational leadership within different
cultural contexts and with multicultural teams. Students will engage in self-reflection
regarding their own leadership skills and styles. Biblical case studies including
Moses and Lydia will be explored.

TeambuildingHumanitarian, development, and mission workers are often part of centralized or dispersed
teams. These teams provide support but are often also a source of stress. Students
in this course will explore group dynamics theory including the functions and features
of groups, group structure, group development and leadership. Specific teambuilding
skills will be presented and practiced. Emphasis will be placed on each student understanding
their own style in a group and on basic group processes of planning and facilitating
effective meetings, decision-making, problem solving, and conflict.

Financial ManagementThis course offers an introduction to accounting principles and practices. No background
in accounting is assumed. The course includes explanation of and experience with reading
or preparing financial statements and a discussion of a conceptual framework that
provides rationale for accounting practices. Other topics include managing exchange
rates and exploring audits in international settings.

EntrepreneurshipStudents in this course will be offered an overview of evaluating business concepts
and each student will develop a business plan for a small business for their setting
and skills. Topics include the small business life cycle, financing, employment relations,
accounting, marketing, ethical and moral considerations, and exploring resources available
to small businesses. Real-world case studies will expose students to the challenge
of running a small business.

Project Management and EvaluationHumanitarian, development and mission workers are increasingly utilizing projects
(often grant funded) to perform activities and operations, creating a growing requirement
for specific management skills and tools in areas of project management. Applying
theory and practice, this course explores management needs through each phase of the
project life-cycle, from initiating, planning, performing, and closing projects. Projects
are often funded differently than ongoing operations, and this course provides special
consideration of that reality.

Cross-Cultural Discipleship and Multicultural TeamsJesus’s incarnational ministry and Paul’s missional life are our first models of discipleship.
This course explores these and other examples of effective cross cultural discipleship
across time and geography. Students will identify themes and apply them to their current
situation. Walking alongside others, listening, modeling and equipping must come from
the student’s own incarnational presence in the culture. Worldview assumptions and
barriers to incarnation will be explored in the quest for authentic witness and mission.

Skills for PeacebuildingThis course focuses on a beginning level of understanding and analysis of complex
causes of conflict along with essential skills and knowledge for facilitating conflict
transformation in interpersonal and small group settings. Students will be introduced
to basic processes including assessment, negotiation, mediation, group facilitation,
advocacy, team building, and restorative practices. Students will practice the skills
of self-awareness, listening, issue identification, nonviolent communication, problem-solving,
methods for structuring conversation in group settings, and awareness of the impact
of self on others.

Ministry in Times of TraumaThis course examines the physiological, psychological, spiritual and social impact
of trauma. Traumatic life experiences come in many forms, touch multiple networks
of relationships and systems, and call for a complex set of responses. The church
must be equipped to respond. Students will explore how the Christian community with
its transforming practices of truth-telling, forgiveness, reconciliation, restorative
justice and peacebuilding can lead to the shalom of God’s present and coming kingdom,
both within the church, and through the church, to the larger world. Students will
examine a healing path that integrates theology, spiritual practices and counseling
skills.

Intercultural CompetenceThis course is intended to develop respectful intercultural understanding. It provides
tools to improve personal skills for effective engagement in a culturally diverse
work setting. It will include a specific focus on skills for intercultural team management.
The student will be introduced to theories of key thinkers in the field of Intercultural
Communications. Specifically the course will provide opportunity to explore intercultural
issues around gender, religion, conflict, communication, law and ethics. Students
will be encouraged to apply class concepts to situations in the local community, their
workplace, or a global setting.